Page 3422 - Week 09 - Thursday, 24 August 2017

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ACT Health regularly converses with representatives of government funded NGOs about concerns and issues regarding mental health services. Funded NGOs are contractually required to raise any current or emerging policy issue that may be relevant to their core activities with ACT Health.

(4) The following NGO’s were consulted as part of the 2016 ACT Government’s inquiry into Youth Suicide and Self Harm in the ACT:

• Youth Coalition of the ACT;

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body;

• Mental Health Community Coalition ACT;

• Carers ACT;

• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists;

• Menslink;

• Supportlink Australia;

• Australian Education Union – ACT Branch

• Beyondblue; and

• National Institute for Mental Health Research

I have personally met with

• Mental Illness Education ACT (mieact)

• Headspace

• Suicide Prevention Australia

• Oz Harvest

• Woden Community Services

• Mental Health Community Coalition

• Mental Health Foundation

• Menslink

• Carers ACT

• St Vincent De Paul

• DUO

• Belconnen Community Services

• Anglicare

• Wellways

• Catholic Care

• Richmond Fellowship

(5) The inquiry into Youth Suicide and Self Harm in the ACT included detailed discussions around ACT Government operated mental health services for young people. The final report handed down by the Standing Committee on Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services as well as the accompanying Government response have greatly informed the ACT Government on the need for new treatment facilities for adolescent mental health patients.

In particular the report identified that in the ACT there is no specific hospital facility for young people with mental health needs. The ACT Government has acted to

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